Third International “Save the Frogs Day“

On April the 29th, 2011, we celebrate the 3rd Annual ¹Save the Frogs Day¹ – the world¹s largest day of amphibian education and conservation action. The international event has been conceived by the non-profit organisation “SAVE THE FROGS” and been first officially declared in 2009.
Worldwide frogs are on the edge: more than a third of all existing amphibian species is threatened by extinction. Threatened by environmental pollution, habitat loss and destruction, deadly fungus and over-exploitation amphibians are vanishing worldwide.
Facing this fact “Save the Frogs Day” has one aim: to draw attention to the importance of amphibians and to raise awareness to their plight.
As in the previous years, everyone is invited to participate in the event: professional or amateur, young or old, scientists, politicians, artists and students. School classes, lectures, benefit concerts or competitions – everybody can join the celebration and start an own awareness-raising event. There is also online poetry and art contest at the organisation’s web page – best competitors could win attractive prizes. And a new contest is starting this year: the “Build a Frog Pond Contest” invites participants to build frog ponds and document the project through video, photos and stories, which will be posted online to educate and inspire others to do the same.
Last year the jury had to meet a difficult decision picking up the best entries: a total of 886 drawings, 774 poems and 45 essays that had been submitted for the contests. Represented were countries all over the world: numerous participants from Australia, Brazil, Finland, Ghana, Great Britain, India, Ireland, Canada, Cameroon, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Vietnam and USA registered for the contests.

SAVE THE FROGS Art Contest